SOURCES SOUGHT
87 -- Red Palm Weevil Bucket Traps - Attachment 1
- Notice Date
- 7/21/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339999
— All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street, Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- APHIS-529669
- Archive Date
- 8/16/2011
- Point of Contact
- Carol R. Dingess, Phone: 612-336-3208
- E-Mail Address
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carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov
(carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Work Interested Vendors Please Return Item Description QTY Unit Red Palm Weevil Bucket Trap 11500 ea IAW the specifications First Article Approval-Government Testing will be required IAW FAR 52.209-4. Scope, Background and Objectives A. Scope: Definite delivery of the following insect trap: 1. Red Palm Weevil (RPW) bucket trap- with the following requirements: a. b. A standard 5 gallon plastic (HDPE) bucket and tight fitting lid with the following modifications i. 2 holes in top of lid for hanging lures ii. 4 entry ports around the cylinder of the bucket 1. Entry port will be 3 - 6.5 cm in height x 8-17 cm in length. 2. Entry ports will be with-in the top 1/4 of the bucket to opening to allow most of the trap to be buried. iii. A sturdy handle must be attached to bucket to allow a bucket full of liquid to be lifted out of the ground. iv. Tight fitting lid must be removable. B. Background: Semiochemical lures when combined with a variety of traps have been shown to be an effective monitoring tool for non-indigenous palm weevils. The various trap and lure combinations have enabled the USDA to better contain and monitor potential infestations of these insects. The RPW (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier) is one of the most serious exotic plant pests threatening palm farms and environmental resources. The USDA APHIS PPQ has been tasked by congress with detecting, monitoring and managing these insects. These insects, should they become established, would have irreversible impacts on natural resources, hinder trade and increase costs of productions. Ultimately, an eradication and/or control program could cost millions of dollars if these insects were to go undetected in our environment. C. Objective The requested semiochemical lures are to provide program personnel the tools needed to detect the pest at an early stage of infestation in order to allow successful and less costly eradication and management programs to be implemented in a timely fashion. Additionally, the lures could be used to monitor existing infestations. Without this trap, defining the area of an infestation might not be possible and the ultimate cost to the USDA and cooperators of an eradication program would increase substantially as the pest number grow and spread undetected. List of Attachments ATTACHMENT TITLE NO. OF NO. PAGES 1 Survey Form (Interested Parties Please Return) 1 2 Statement of work 4 Effectiveness It is important that USDA APHIS maintain a quality assurance (QA) program. To that end, USDA APHIS reserves the right to conduct QA testing. The USDA APHIS may perform QA testing addressing the following areas: • The trap shall be resistant to damage and moisture when handled during normal field trapping operations. • The trap is effective at holding a variety of dispenser hangers. • Meets the needs of programs In order to assure the most effective use of tax payer dollars APHIS may also be instituting a Quality Control (QC) program in an attempt to address trap breakage and product reliability. APHIS may monitor the following areas of trap quality: a. The trap is sturdy enough to last several field seasons. b. The trap handle is sturdy enough to lift a bucket full of fluid. c. The trap doesn't easily leak If a company is found to have provided products that fall outside the prescribed specifications, the company will provide working replacements for these products at no cost to the government. At the request of the company, APHIS may provide representative samples of the failed products. The company will be required to arrange for shipping costs and logistics for the transportation of any hazardous material, as APHIS field personnel do not have the required training to ship this material. F. Acceptance Criteria The order will be conditionally accepted at: USDA APHIS PPQ 22675 N. Moorefield Rd Bldg 6420 Edinburg, TX 78541 The conditional acceptance will focus on the following factor: • Condition of shipping containers upon arrival - those with obvious defects from the shipping process will be rejected. Additional products must be sent to offset this loss at no expense to the government. Interested sources are encouraged to complete and return Attachment 1 to the contracting office. Telephonic inquiries will not be honored. Please email all questions regarding subject item(s) prior to Sources Sought closing date to Carol.Dingess@aphis.usda.gov. Small Business concerns are encouraged to participate. This is not a request for competitive proposals, but instead a market research method to determine interested sources. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No requests for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. Please provide Tax I.D. Number, Duns Number, and point of contact information. The Government will not award a contract based on the information received, nor reimburse participants for information or samples they provide. Information or materials provided is strictly voluntary. Please Email or Fax Attachment 1 to Carol Dingess at Carol.Dingess@aphis.usda.gov. fx# 612-336-3550 Email is the preferred method of communication. Telephonic inquiries will not be honored. Closing date for submissions of Statement's of Capability is August 1, 2011 at 4:00PM CT. Anyone interested in doing business with the USDA must also obtain a Dunn and Bradstreet number. If your company does not have a DUNS number, you may contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one by calling 1- 866-705-5711or via the following website: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform or at ccr.dnb.com/ccr/pages/CCRSearch.jsp. Anyone interested in doing business with the USDA must complete a Representations and Certifications electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov and be listed in the government's Central Contractor Registrar. You may register on line with www.ccr.gov. or by calling Central Contractors Registration @ 1-866-606-8220
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA/APHIS/PPQ, 22675 N. Moorefield Rd, Bldg 6420, Edinburg, Texas, 78541, United States
- Zip Code: 78541
- Zip Code: 78541
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